AKRON, Ohio - Akron’s first licensed medical marijuana grower will open the doors of its indoor cultivation facility to state and local officials Monday to showcase its operations and its first crop.

Executives at AT-CPC of Ohio will meet with U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, Democrat of Youngstown, Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro and Akron Chief of Staff James Hardy.

The officials will tour the 43,000-square-foot facility on Home Avenue in North Akron. The facility is a former Akron Water Department building with office space, a plant room, trim area, packaging room and employee break area.

The plants to be harvested were planted in September and are about six-feet tall. They are produced in various strains such as Mimosa, Cuyahoga River, branded under the Song Wellness line, named after the company’s chief medical officer, Dr. Paul Y. Song. The harvest will be distributed to Ohio dispensaries.

AT-CPC is one of 16 “Level 1” cultivators selected out of 109 applicants in Ohio to receive a provisional license to grow medical marijuana. Level I cultivators can cultivate in an area up to 25,000-square feet, while Level II cultivators are approved to grow in an area up to 3,000-square feet.

The company scored among the top cultivators in the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program, with 161.28 points out of 200. The scores were based on an evaluation of the companies’ business, security, operations, quality assurance and financial plans. Many companies were disqualified.

AT-CPC is one of Ohio’s eight provisional license holders to receive a certificate of operation awarded once the operation was set up and inspected to ensure all state and local requirements are met.

“The Department of Commerce has done a good job with getting something new off the ground,” said AT-CPC President Adam Thomarios. “There are challenges with any new industry, but all in all, the department has done a very good job.”

Thomarios attributes AT-CPC ‘s high score to the company working to exceed the state’s expectations, and to the leadership team’s expertise.

AT-CPC is a subsidiary of Calyx Peak Companies, which operates cannabis-related operations in California, Nevada and now Ohio. Calyx Peak CEO Ed Schmults, who is expected to speak Monday in Akron, oversees the company’s operations in Nevada and California, along with Chief Investment Officer Michael Bang, and Song.

Calyx Peak manages cultivation, extraction and distribution facilities and has been covered by Forbes magazine. The company partners with medical marijuana industry pioneer Josh Del Rosso, known for Josh D Farms.

Thomarios has worked with his family’s Akron-based construction company, Thomarios, which has participated in many local projects, including buildings and the stadium at the University of Akron and the Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel project. With his family’s company, Thomarios works in compliance with safety regulations for nuclear plant sites, which translated to meeting rigorous regulations for medical marijuana licensing.

AT-CPC also was recently awarded a processing license, which positions the company to produce marijuana infused products. Within about six months, the company expects to be producing gummy candies, vapor pens, capsules, patches and lotions.

The company employs 30 people, including state-licensed security workers, and will be hiring another 10 people in the next month, Thomarios said. Employees must pass background checks and drug tests. Additional employees will be hired once the equipment is in place to produce infused products.